A Long Way from Home: The Untold Story of Baseball's Desegregation

Name: A Long Way from Home: The Untold Story of Baseball's Desegregation
Cast: James 'Mudcat' Grant, Grover 'Deacon' Jones, Jimmy Wynn, J.R. Richard, Tony Pérez

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Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color line in 1947, but it took another generation of Black and Latino players to make the sport truly open to all. Playing in remote minor-league towns, these were the men who, before they could live their big-league dreams, first had to beat Jim Crow.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Gaspar González

James 'Mudcat' Grant

as James "Mudcat" Grant

Grover 'Deacon' Jones

as Grover "Deacon" Jones

Jimmy Wynn

as Jimmy Wynn

J.R. Richard

as J.R. Richard

Tony Pérez

as Tony Pérez

Orlando Cepeda

as Orlando Cepeda

Enos Cabell

as Enos Cabell

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Octavio “Cookie” Rojas

as Octavio “Cookie” Rojas

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